Tas2013: The Tuner Selection
It’s time to dedicate a bit of time to the true tuner cars that were dotted around the vastness that was the Tokyo Auto Salon this year. Performance is the name of the game here and if there is a bit...
View ArticleHks Premium Day Spotlight-o-rama
Events like the Premium Day are where you can really get lost in the details. There is so much hot metal around that you can literally waste the whole day looking over your favorite cars without a care...
View ArticleEndless Power: 1200 Hp Street Legal Gt-r
Drag racing in Japan may have taken a back seat to drifting and time attack, but it's far from dead. Shops like Endless have been catering to the drag scene for decades and continue to come up with...
View ArticleThe 86 Racing Performer
There are certain projects that are best left for a while before exploring, and the HKS 86 Racing Performer is one of them. Much like every 86/BRZ/FR-S/GT86 demo car around the world, it has all been...
View ArticleGT-R Love at the R’s Meeting
It’s hard to believe that these images were taken on the same day as the ones I posted in my first part of the R’s Meeting coverage, but that’s how fast the weather cleared up. So from soaked clothes...
View ArticleThe Masters Of Drag
Japan; one word, one country, yet saying it out loud conjures up so much to any car enthusiast. To me, one of the most important periods in its performance car-related history was the ’90s, and I’m...
View Article1170hp For The Street
This is it for me right here: cars like the Endless Street Drag-R epitomise the Japanese tuning world. It’s machines like this that originally lured me in; grabbed my attention and hooked me into a...
View ArticleEndless Does The R35 GT-R
Change calls for adaptation – it’s the way of the world and thinking that can be applied on pretty much anything. It’s what tuners have to do all the time. Sure, you can make yourself known as a...
View ArticleAn Audi TT Built For Hunting Speed
You know how there are certain cars that you always see at track days? Those favourite rides that just seem to be the most popular choices? In Japan that’s any of the Skyline GT-R or Silvia...
View ArticleEndless Legacy: An R34 GT-R Abroad
My only real window into the GT-R world was following Dino’s J-Style blog back in the pre-Speedhunters era. As the years passed, the R34 has held its status, but Japan has been kind enough to share...
View ArticleA BMW Created To Conquer Gatebil
Gatebil is known for its excess. The big horsepower, big idea builds are what grab the headlines and what make Gatebil truly unique. However, it creates a lot of noise, relatively speaking. That is,...
View ArticleReinventing The DC2 Integra Type R
If there’s one thing that pushes people to do extraordinary things, it’s passion. And I guess you can say that passion is very much behind Hurtling, a new brand that the guys at Varis launched this...
View ArticleGT-R Racing Legends In The Honda Museum
2002 was also a turning point for Nissan itself; R34 production ended in August, and the beginning of the racing season saw the iconic RB26DETT replaced by the VQ30DETT for its GT500 cars. So what are...
View ArticleTrust Future Proofs The R34 GT-R
Welcome to the second wave. At a quick glance, you might dismiss this whole feature as just another story on just another tuned Skyline GT-R. But this R34 put together by the team at Trust Japan, like...
View ArticleGT-R Indulgence: R’s Meeting 2018
Welcome to heaven. Well, heaven if you’re into anything and everything GT-R related. And even if you aren’t, I’m sure you’re not going to complain about a whole lot of JDM goodness. As summer slowly...
View ArticleBuilt For TAS: HKS’s Widebody Supra
I couldn’t believe it when Saito-san of HKS called me last month to say that all their TAS show car were basically finished, and that Speedhunters could get first dibs on them. It was an opportunity we...
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